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title: "3 Moral Theories Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [It is rational to choose the right means to your ends to develop very elegant abstract formal theories of rational choice, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/it-is-rational-to-choose-the-right-means-to-your-ends-to-develop-very/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

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> [“I do not want to suggest that utilitarianism and Kantian deontology are incorrect as moral theories just because they were founded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/i-do-not-want-to-suggest-that-utilitarianism-and-kantian-deontology/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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> [I look at the most promising putative moral theories. I construct crucial thought experiments in areas where they give conflicting advice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-look-at-the-most-promising-putative-moral-theories-i-construct/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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